The JustKickinItPodcast: Recent Episodes
Brian Shrum
A coaching education podcast devoted to learning from others in all things coaching. Whether performance, planning, or practice these conversations are meant to assist you to be your best coach.
Josh speaks with Dr. Kapil Gupta to which they dive deeper into the coach, player relationship.
The former manager of Hajduk second-team discusses his philosophy, coaching, and using asymmetrical structures in the build-up. Enjoy
This was a discussion between James Smith, the thinker, and Dan Abrahams, sports psychologist, about whether coaches need to be more objective in their approach to coaching. Both objective and subjective or mostly subjective. The discussion was moderatored by Josh Faga. You be the judge.
Josh and I speak with James Morton, who at the time was the head of performance at Liverpool FC.
Josh and I speak with Raymond Verheijen for the first time in this conversation back in 2015. The influences Raymond has had over the years in our development as coaches are extraordinary. Enjoy this first conversation as we uncover what is football and the lens we were not looking through back in the day.
A conversation with US Soccer education instructor and long-term coach with the U.S. Women's National team program Jeff Pill.
This is the last and final episode of the Just Kickin It podcast. Josh and I would like to thank all the past guests for spending time to share, discuss, debate, and scrutinize all things coaching. The podcast has helped many individuals grow and become better coaches, along with us. It has been a wonderful journey.
In this episode, Raymond talks about his online programs
Coaching the competencies of your players
Free will
Understanding your players through a different lens.
Josh and I spoke with Christopher Voss, former FBI negotiator and co-author of the book, Never Split the Difference.
If you work with athletes, clients, or even your own children you want to listen to this episode.
- How to get to a "That's Right" instead of yes.
- How to use techniques to allow individuals to stay in a state of flow.
- What to do with bad information.
- How you become smarter by listening.
And a whole bunch more.
This is a conversation that I had with Raymond over the quarantine period last June.
The theory of why and what we do on the field helps to guide our application.
We discuss aspects of reflection, the four layers of competence, and many others.
Raymond also discloses what he is providing in his one-year online mentorship course.
Enjoy
This was a past conversation, one of two, that Josh and I had with Fergus Connolly. We chatted with Fergus prior to the release of his book Game Changer and then again after the book was published.
In this conversation, Josh and I discuss topics from within the book.
We discuss complex systems. Why is it important that coaches understand the theory of complex systems? How do create order within the system?
The topic of game-model is discussed and why it is not just the on-field elements.
Enjoy this purification of sports science.
In this episode, I spoke with former guest Nick Cowell, head women's soccer coach at St. Edwards University in Austin TX.
Nick and I speak about what is a game-model?
Why is the game-model important?
Is a game-model necessary for programs, academies, teams, etc.?
What all goes into a game-model?
Nick was kind enough to share a mind map that he has used over the years to develop his game-model. I shared with Nick the major spokes of my game-model through its evolution.
Enjoy!
This is a conversation Josh and I had with Nick Cowell, head women's coach at St. Edwards University in Texas back in 2016. Nick has been coaching for over 31 years and continues to analyze and update his team's game-model/playing style.
There are many gems in this conversation.
Nick self-taught Portuguese so that he could translate and decipher Victor Fraude tactical periodization model.
I plan to catch up with Nick again to expound upon this topic and see what he is up to since 2016.
Enjoy!
In this conversation, I speak with former Duquesne University A-10 champion and All conference center back, Casey Aunkst. Casey helped Duquesne University women's soccer achieve new heights in her freshmen season, helping the Dukes to the first-ever A-10 championship and an NCAA tournament appearance during her freshmen season.
I reached out to Casey for her practical insight into what it takes to fuel the female athlete in two different endeavors. Not only as a Division 1 athlete, but Casey now competes in physique competitions along with being a front line working during the most historical year of her life.
We discuss how she transformed herself over her four-year career. The small changes and choices she had to make to stay at the top of her game, during her college career.
She discusses the different aspects of her nutrition as she prepared and trained for her first physique competition.
Lastly, how her training methods changed from the ever-popular conditioning/running thought process to more resistance training.
Enjoy
In this episode, I spoke with Ian Barker and Vince Ganzberg from the United Soccer Coaches Association. I reached out to Ian and Vince to understand the concept of designing a game model. The game model continues to be a topic that many coaches are unfamiliar with and may not have put much thought to other than for specific areas of the game (i.e., tactics and technique).
Also in the episode, we begin to scratch the surface on another area gaining some popularity, Evidence-Based Coaching.
Needless to say, time flew by and we didn't cover the concept of Evidence-Based Coaching to great lengths.
I plan to cover unpack Evidence-Based Coaching in future episodes but for now, enjoy this conversation with Ian Barker and Vince Ganzberg.
Please reach out with questions or topics for future podcasts at shrummy0001@gmail.com.
Enjoy!
Today's conversation is with Joey Lombardi, the director of player and coach development at Brampton Soccer Club in Ontario, Canada. We unpack the process of developing a game-model for your team or club and how Joey disseminates the information to other coaches within his current club.
Defining a game-model
The implications of a game-model
The complications of a game-model
The pros and cons of a game-model specific to youth players
And much much more
To learn more or have questions please reach out at shrummy0001@gmail.com or contact Joey Lombardi directly through his e-mail address, which he gives at the end of the show.
Enjoy!!